Latest News in Lake & McHenry Counties

(ABC7 Chicago) — A woman was shot Saturday during an attempted carjacking in north suburban Waukegan. Police said at 12:35 a.m. the victim pulled her vehicle over in the 500-block of Judge Avenue and watched a light-colored sedan pull up…Read more

(PATCH.COM) — A 26-year-old Round Lake Beach woman was killed Monday night when her car collided with a tree near the Wisconsin-Illinois border, police said. Megan E. Rail was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, which occurred in…Read more

Two Flight For Life helicopters were requested after a motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon in unincorporated McHenry County. The McHenry County Sheriff’s Office and Woodstock Fire/Rescue District responded at 2:14 p.m. to a report of a single motorcycle involved in a…Read more

(PATCH.COM) — One motorcyclist was killed and another was taken by helicopter to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville following a multiple-vehicle crash on the Route 31 Western Bypass in Algonquin Saturday evening. The collision occurred at about 5:30 p.m….Read more

(PRESS RELEASE) — Lake County Sheriff’s Deputies were dispatched to the 39100 block of North Green Bay Road, Beach Park, for a report of a person down on Saturday. Sheriff’s deputies arrived and located Matthew J. Strait, 33, of Zion,…Read more

(ABC7) — An Arizona man has been charged with DUI after striking two pedestrians with his pickup Sunday night in northwest suburban McHenry, according to police. Richard Victor Mure, 69, was driving a black 1997 Ford F-150 pickup at Riverside…Read more

(WLS) — Route 173 in Antioch is closed in both directions between Route 83 and Grimm Road after a crash involving a semi-truck Monday morning. The truck became engulfed after crashing with another vehicle. Route 173 is closed in both…Read more